 The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To preach deliverance to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed,...  The works of Vicesimus Knox - Page 381by Vicesimus Knox - 1824Full view - About this book
 | James Smith - 1855 - 412 pages
...He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel unto the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery...bruised. To preach the acceptable year of the Lord." And then added, " This day is this Scripture fulfilled." The Holy Spirit descended and rested upon Him,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1855 - 738 pages
...he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor. He hath sent me to heal the broken hearted ; to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind : to set at liberty them that are bruised, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." At seven I began expounding... | |
 | William Henry Furness - Sermons, American - 1855 - 318 pages
...whose heavenly ministry it is, in the touching language of the prophet, " to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind." We are captive, we are blind, we are bruised, if we cannot discern the loveliness, if we are... | |
 | Charles Elliott - Slavery and the church - 1855 - 640 pages
...preach the Gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliver- j anee to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind; to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord." Luke iv, 18, 19. Indeed,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams - 1856 - 376 pages
...heed to the words heard in the synagogue at Nazareth quoted with new authority, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath appointed me to preach...captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised." The dealing of Christianity with the principal evils in human society... | |
 | American essays - 1912 - 912 pages
...be able to read the sacred words under this new light. ' He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.' The war is paid for.... | |
 | John Hullett - 1858 - 460 pages
...He hath anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor ; He hath sent Me to heal the broken-hearted ; to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind ; to set at liberty them that are bruised ; to preach the acceptable year of the Lord." The eyes of all are... | |
 | Abel Stevens - Methodism - 1858 - 486 pages
...because he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor. He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted; to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind; to set at liberty them that are bruised ; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." In- a few days more... | |
 | Unitarian pulpit - 1858 - 806 pages
...loved Son of thine whom Thou didst send " to preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord" ? And now shall I appeal to your individual experience, and... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1859 - 344 pages
...upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord."'^[ Thus decidedly does... | |
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